The rehabilitation of offenders programme contributes towards reduced levels of crime by limiting the number of repeat offenders. Rehabilitation equips inmates with skills required to enhance their re-integration into society and prepares them to sustain themselves without reverting back to crime. The National Council Against Gender-Based Violence was also established during the reporting period. This is a high-level multi-sectoral national response to the scourge of gender-based violence. The council involves a number of organisations which include government, religious leaders, traditional, women movement, academia and civil society. The Council has the following responsibilities:      To drive the implementation of the 365 Days Action Plan; To advise government on policy and intervention programmes; Strengthen national partnerships in the fight against gender-based violence; Create and strengthen international partnerships; and Monitor and report progress on initiatives aimed at addressing gender-based violence. During the reporting period, government took further steps as it established the InterMinisterial Committee on Violence Against Women and Children comprised of Ministers of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Justice and Constitutional Development, Health, Home Affairs, Police and Basic Education. Its objective is to investigate the root causes of violence in general, and in particular, violence against women and children and to develop a comprehensive strategy to deal with the scourge of violence against women and children. It is acknowledged that government has enacted various pieces of legislation to provide better protection for women and children, and it has been realised that there was a need to move from policy to action and provide stronger focus than ever before on prevention and early intervention to support women and children against the scourge. 3.1.4 Awareness campaigns and access to justice for the full enjoyment of human rights / Access to information on human rights and institutions of Justice The national effort towards the progressive realisation of the right of access to information is critical to awareness raising and access to justice. For this reason, the DAC (on behalf of DoJCD) has translated the South African Constitution into eleven official languages. The SAHRC has, among the many interventions, developed a community tool on access to information aimed at simplifying how the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) and this helps to enable communities to effectively assert their right of access to information. The community tool is also designed to be a training guide and to create a better understanding of PAIA and further enable community members to continue participating in training sessions in their respective communities. The development of this tool ensures that awareness on PAIA is sustained and that communities are empowered to the extent that the dependence on the Commission is minimized. Access to justice entails access to courts, police stations, and other semi-judicial tribunals meant to dispense justice to the nation. One of the key success factors is the growing transformation of the justice system in order to improve access to justice by a large section 40